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In response to "We've been on Hulu with ads for a while now so it was a sidegrade -- nm" by oblique

I continue to not really understand Hulu. Sometimes its ads, sometimes not.

Posted by Volnelk Oct 4 '22, 07:46

Sometimes you can fast forward through commercials, sometimes it wont let you. Sometimes it's just a 48 minute show and the commercials aren't even there.

Now since it is perpetual DVR, I don't actually set it to record shows, they are all just there. There are several ways to get to the exact same thing.

It's really confusing.

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Running pihole on your network can cut all the ads out....fwiw -- nm - colin Oct 4, 08:02 2
- I'd never thought using a network level blocker with regards to the streaming services. So does the screen just go blank for duration of the ad? -- nm - JD Oct 4, 08:06 1
  - er, wait. So there's data (the show), the show data gives way to the ad data which is blocked, the show data stream meanwhile has been waiting for - JD Oct 4, 08:08

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I continue to not really understand Hulu. Sometimes its ads, sometimes not.

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